The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel — A grotesque image of an ogre shooting an arrow into another creature’s rear. A nun plucks penises off a phallus tree. A bizarre hybrid examining someone else’s hindquarters. And rabbits conducting a funeral procession. Medieval society wasn’t all about prayers and plagues. The printing press hadn’t been invented yet and…

Do you think The Kiss is sexually provocative? — By 1897, radical artists in Vienna started disrupting traditional arts and culture. Artists and intellectuals, including Gustav Klimt, architect Otto Wagner, composers Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schönberg, and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud challenged academic art and started associating themselves with progressive art styles like Art Nouveau. This was the rise of…

The transformation to a trillion-dollar company — An illustration created waves in the technology realm in 2011. One reason was that it featured the top tech companies of that period. But the main reason was the illustration of Microsoft, it caught more eyeballs than the rest. A group of pyramidal-shaped organizational hierarchies with one leader at the…

Deconstructing the reasons behind Michelangelo’s “men with breasts” — Michelangelo wrote in one of his poems, “I’m ugly.” He believed he did not meet societal beauty standards. Despite this, he spent his entire life in pursuit of sublime perfection. Michelangelo’s David is indeed the most perfect statue in the world. …

A painting that uncovers the objectification of women — At first glance, the scene in Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère may appear to be simple: a barmaid with a distant expression awaits our drink orders. But upon closer inspection, there is much more going on beneath the surface. To me, the barmaid’s beauty is reminiscent of the famous painting…

More than meets the eye — Have you ever heard of Giorgio de Chirico? An Italian artist and a pioneer of the surrealist art movement long before it officially emerged. He’s considered the pioneer of metaphysical art, which is a style that’s meant to evoke a sense of mystery and unease. His artworks, characterized by their…

#31. One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity — Bruce Lee. — 3 years ago, I wanted to be famous. Today, as I turn 35 years old, I aspire to be — wealthy own my time pursue my passions learn about art history and human psychology gain perspective travel around the world and live in the moment Is it really adulting? …

The mind-bending art of Rene Magritte — My painting is visible images which conceal nothing… they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question ‘What does that mean’? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable. — Rene Magritte Rene Magritte’s paintings were…

Embracing failure and building resilience — I started writing on Medium in March 2020. 400+ articles and 35K followers. Writing has consistently helped me — to process and cope with difficult emotions and adversities. a creative outlet for self-expression. and satiate my curiosity glands. Sahil Bloom’s annual review template inspired my 2022 annual review. So let’s…